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12 Don’t consider the beauty
of any person,[a]
    and don’t spend time among women.
13     Moths come out of clothes,
    and a woman’s wickedness
    comes from a woman.
14 A man’s wickedness
is better than a woman who does good
    and a disgraced woman
    who brings shame.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 42:12 Heb Don’t allow any latticework in her room nor a place that overlooks the entrance to the house; don’t let her display her beauty before any man.

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